In a chapter he contributed to a book of tributes to mark my 50th birthday, some 14 years ago, Seun gave a reverting account of our first encounter in October 1979 when we reported, as fresh... Read more
The 54th Convocation of one of Nigeria’s first generation universities – the University of Lagos (UNILAG) – is at hand. There is a sense in which this Convocation seems not like... Read more
By Hassan A. Saliu Professor Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi, the son of a priest and politician, is an academic colossus whose impacts on various aspects of Nigerian life cannot be captured in a... Read more
By Prof. Hassan A. Saliu There are scholars and their areas of strength, weakness and ultimately, their trademarks. Some are policy oriented in their engagement and have therefore made their... Read more
There are three items that recommend the verbatim publication of what should properly be an advertorial or may have been paid for as such otherwise. But Intervention is fascinated by the thr... Read more
Although academia is generally accepted to have been on a downward spiral across Nigeria, the discursive space is bustling with sharp, inviting topics being handled by well-established names... Read more
It is not clear what is ailing Dr. John Owoicho Adole. Whatever it is, the former Permanent Secretary and an Associate Professor of History is in need of much more serious attention than the... Read more
The news must still be seeping through Nigeria of the death earlier today of the Nigerian statesman, Paul Unongo. Many young Nigerians may not place him very well but, by his own testimony,... Read more
The Times Higher Education, (THE), one of the six or so conducting its own world ranking of universities, is out with the 2023 exercise. There is nothing earth shaking in it as the United Ki... Read more
Notwithstanding the constraints of Covid-19, it promises to be a book presentation like no other in recent times. Not only is the subject of the book – Prof Ralph Akinfeleye, a titan in that... Read more
